Snapping scapula syndrome

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2251-2262

  Lazar, Meredith A ^a   Kwon, Young W ^a   Rokito, Andrew S ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

BURSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SNAPPING SCAPULA SYNDROME; BONE TUMOR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PAIN; THORAX WALL;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BURSITIS; HUMANS; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPULA; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 70349231351     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01347     Document Type: Review

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